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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

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The History of 'Cynic'

 

How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.

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Drive Safe: In Praise of Flat Adverbs

 

You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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Who vs. Whom

 

Good news for those who feel stuffy saying 'whom.'

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